---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-122174"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KR"
cik: "0000056873"
company_name: "KROGER CO"
filed_at: "2024-11-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T20:10:56.442019+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kroger CMO Stuart Aitken resigns effective Jan 1, 2025 to pursue other opportunities

## Summary
- Stuart Aitken, SVP and Chief Merchant & Marketing Officer, resigns effective Jan 1, 2025.
- Resignation is voluntary to pursue other professional opportunities; no dispute or cause noted.
- No successor has been named; Kroger will conduct a search for a replacement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-122174
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KR
- cik: 0000056873
- company_name: KROGER CO
- filed_at: 2024-11-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465924122174/0001104659-24-122174-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465924122174/tm2427516d5_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-122174.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 5f9b7deaaa
  claim: Stuart Aitken resigned as Senior Vice President and Chief Merchant and Marketing Officer at KROGER CO.
  evidence_excerpt: On November 19, 2024, Stuart Aitken, Senior Vice President and Chief Merchant and Marketing Officer, notified The Kroger Co. (the “Company”) of his intention to resign from his position at the Company effective January 1, 2025, in order to pursue other professional opportunities.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465924122174/0001104659-24-122174-index.htm

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